Eyeglass-holder



(No Model.)

S. R. STIBGEN. EYEGLASS HOLDER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON R. STIBGEN, OF MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,268, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed April 17 1889.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON R. STIBGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, in the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to an improvement in eyeglassholders, the main object thereof being the provision of a mouth-piece or tooth-plate, by means of which the holder and the eyeglass are supported by the teeth.

Another object is to provide an elastic support simple in construction and capable of being manufactured at a minimum cost.

Other objects of my invention will appear in the following description, and the advantages thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a general View of my device in an operative position, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invention with eyeglass attached.

A represents my holder,which is made, preferably, of light wire. One end of the holder is bent into an annular form A for the purpose of engaging the frame B of the eyeglass. The end of the wire is then bent into the form of a hook A for the purpose of holding the ring A snugly at the bend A thus preventing any slipping of the ring. At A the wire is bent around in the form of a spiral spring to make an elastic spring-joint. The other end of the wire is then bent into an annular form A for the reception, by welding, soldering, or otherwise, of the plate C, which is adapted to be held between the teeth of the user, as

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shown in Fig. 1. This plate may be made of any suitable material and may be used to display the manufacturers stamp.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the use of wire for making the body of my holder, or to making the tooth-plate in the form described.

\Vhat I claim is 1. An eyeglass-holder having a construction for holding the glass, and having also a mouthpiece, substantially as described.

2. An eyeglassholder adapted to be held in the mouth and provided with an elastic spring-joint, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with an eyeglass, of a holder having an elastic spring-joint and a mouthpiece or tooth-plate, substantially as specified.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, an eyeglass holder formed of wire having one end bent into an annular form, with a hook for holding the glass, the other end bent to hold a mouth piece or plate and between its ends formed into aspiral spring, substantially as described.

5. An eyeglass'holder formed of .a single piece of metal and comprising a lateral portion provided with a mouth-piece, a substantially vertical portion having provisions for holding the glass, and an elastic spring-joint at the junction of the lateral and vertical portions, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON R. S'FIBGEN. Htnesses:

JOHN ORULL, EDWARD RUSING. 

